Lead seal age.

[Garabaldi]

Found this lead seal yesterday that I have been finding a lot of old artifacts. Does anyone know how old it is and what the marking mean? It says "Y BRO'S".

 

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[72cheyenne]

It's really hard to say on age, as lead seals have been used a long time. If I was to guess on the writing on your seal, I would say _____ Bro's N.Y. Could be anything infront of Bro's.

Here is a neat site from across the pond that deal with lead seals as far back as the 13c.
http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/baleseals.htm

 

[Breezie]

Yep, it's a lead Bag or Bail Seal. The letters or symbols generally represent the country of origin. Below is one I found a few weeks ago marked SAL. It stands for Sal Island, Cape Verde Africa, which basically was a SALT mine island during the 1600-1700's. Sal is Portugese for Salt. Here's another good website:
http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallery/bagseals
Good Find! Breezie

 

[72cheyenne]

Great link Breezie!

 

[Garabaldi]

Ty 72Cheyenne and Breezie. Great links, I bookmarket them. I was about to through them away until you guys helped me figure out what they are. I have to find about 3 others that are in the basement.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Another good link 18 pages of them here

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=131

SS

 

[ivan salis]

my last name means salt -- salis -- cum grano salis --"with a grain of salt" in latin

I;m ivan "the salt" --great name for a sailor which I was.